White House reportedly will skip updated economic projections amid pandemic fallout

Published May 28, 2020 3:17pm ET



White House officials reportedly won’t release updated economic projections this summer, choosing not to publish forecasts that would reflect the depths of the downturn.

The White House is breaking with precedent in choosing to forgo projections that are typically released in July or August with expectations for trends such as growth, unemployment, and inflation, according to the Washington Post. The forecast has been provided every year since at least the 1970s, including by the Obama administration during the Great Recession.

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